Spinning-machine.



J. LAGROIX &

NJ. DESAUTELS.

" SPINNING MACHINE.

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140214 to Z8 UNITED STATES rATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH LAGBOIX AND JOSEPH DEsAUTELs, 0F FALL RIVER, IASSAOHUSETTS, AS-

SIGNOBS OF ONE THIR'D T0 SAID LACRO ONE-THIRD TO CHARLES 3'. BUBDIGK, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

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Specification of Letters Patent.-

Applicatlon filed September 12, 1910. Serial No. 591,497.

- Patented Aug. 26,1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOSEPH LACROIX and Josnrn DESAUTELS, citizens of the United States, residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have I in running from the water trough has carried an excess of water which has spattered the adjacent parts of the frame causing an increase in the gathering of dirt adjacent to the run of the thread, and also wetting the floor and causing decay aswell as spattering the twisted thread as'it is wound. Aside from this general spattering there. is

the further diiliculty which has arisen from the relationof the feed rolls to the water trough. When these rolls had been located in front of the water trough, as has been the usual practice, the thread has been badly spotted on account of the forming of verdigris on the rolls'where they have been of brass and on account of the collection of 'oil, dust and other dirt both from the air and from the .water trough. \Vhen the rolls have been located behind the trough, the thread has been discolored by the entwining of that sediment which unavoidably gathers in the trough by the running back of the twist into the trough. This runnin back of the twist into the trough caused urther difliculties because the twisted thread did not absorb the water as rapidly so as to become uniformly moistened as did the untwisted sliver. To overcome these difliculties we have devised our present invention in which we have located the feed rolls at the rear of the water trough and have provided means for stripping the water from the thread and also for proventing the back twist of the thread from entering the trough.

In the drawings, we have shown such a portion of a twisting frame as is necessary to illustrate our invention, the parts of which are indicated by reference numerals, similarly employed In the specification which follows.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation artly in section of such parts of a twisting frame as are involved in our nvention, and Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the roll member over which the thread runs in leaving the trough.

The tension feed rolls 1 and 2 are supported in a suitable bracket 3 'to feed a thread a to the water'trough 4:. The rolls 1 and 2 draw the thread from spools (not shown) through the-eye 5. The trough 4 is suitably supported on the bed 6 and side support 7.

Within the trough 4 is disposed a subrx, dun-rum]: To sun nnsan'rnns, um

merged glass tube 8 extending lengthwise of the trough and carried by suitable brackets 9. At the top of the trough and'just inside of its outer edge is a guide rail 10 of porce: lain or like material formed of somewhat inverted V-shape in cross section and having a series of spaced notches 11 along its upper edge. These notches provide guides for the thread which strip the water from the thread as it arises from the trough and allows the water to run back within the trough. The notches also form checksfor any back twist which may work u in the thread a from the twisters to w ich the thread passes through the guide eye 11.

The thread is drawn from the spools through the eye 5, under the tension roll 2 and over the tension roll 1, then passing down enters the water, passing under the glass rod 8, and emerges from the water and passes through one o the notches 11 on the rail 10, thence through the guide eye 11 to the spinning ring (not shown).

A gliiding support for the thread is pro vided at 12 mounted on the side supports 7 and acting to prevent the thread rom, becoming engaged with the sharp edges of the trough 4 or the support 7. It will be seen that the tension rolls 1 and 2 which are mounted at the rear of the water trough are kept dry and will not collect oil'or dirt from the trough or from verdigris. The thread is thus kept clean and unspotted.

Should the thread break while under tension it may be spliced while still dry. It will also be evident to those skilled in the art that by leading the thread a directly from the feed roll 1 to the rail 10 (as indi cated by the dotted line a in Fig. 1) dry twisting-may be accomplished on this machine, either in whole or in part.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a twisting frame, a spool support, a trough, feed rolls located between said spool support and said trough, a guide within said trough under which the thread passes from the feed rolls, a drip rail located within the edge of said trough, a check on said rail over which the thread passes from said guide, and a twisting device adjacent to said trough to which said thread passes directly from said check, substantially as described.

2. In a twisting frame a spool support, a trough, feed rolls located between said spool support andsaid trough, a guide said trough under which the thread passes from the feed rolls, a notched check located Within the edge of said trough over which the thread passes on leaving the trough, and a twisting device adjacent to said trough to which the thread passes directly from said check, substantially as described.

3. In a twisting frame'the combination of a water trough, a; notched check located within the edge of said water trough and a twisting device adjacent to said trough to which the thread passes directly from said check.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH LACROIX. JOSEPH DESAUTELS. Witnesses:

ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER. 

